ICS Security and the Insider Threat – Misconfiguration Issues are a Threat to Safety

Misconfigurations of an IT system might shut systems down, misroute traffic, or bring communications to a halt. Those outcomes are frustrating and negatively impact the availability of data, but misconfigurations within OT/ICS networks have the potential to go beyond a little annoyance and inconvenience and could expose industrial operations to hazardous scenarios that threaten the safety of the system, the environment, or human life. Misconfigurations are caused by people, and people make unintentional mistakes. Unfortunately, these accidental situations are categorized as insider threats, but with proper assessment and care, they can be preventable. Through a simulation, Nozomi Networks discusses the link between functional safety and ICS security and demonstrates the ease that a threat actor can exploit a misconfiguration to disrupt industrial processes. Read more and view the simulation at Nozomi Networks.